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Census figures show that 221 Chinese people lived in Lawrence County more than a century ago, though some historians estimate that more than 400 Chinese people lived in Deadwood’s Chinatown alone. Continue Reading

DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) The store signs of this Old West village are drawn with a typeface reminiscent of “Wanted: Dead or Alive” posters. The streets are paved with bricks that evoke the dusty 1800s. Continue Reading

Literature is full of flamboyant B.S. artists, right up to James Frey. All of them tried to pass off pure fiction as non-fiction. Frey didn’t want to be found out, but Ned Buntline seems not to have cared. Continue Reading